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` IMPROVEMENT' IN UMBRELLAS.

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Be it known that I,l WILLIAM F. 'lURNER, of the city and county ofBhiladelphia, inthe State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Umbrellas; andl do herebydeelare the followingtobe a' full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon. y v

The subject of thisirrvention is an improvement upon the methodofcombining an umbrella. and cane, so as to render it convertible into lanumbrella, for which Letters Patent of. the United States, No. 70,378,were` granted to me on the 29th day of October, A. D. 1867.

In carrying out myinvention, I'provide' a hollow cane, et wood or othersuitable material, and apply to the same a ferr-ale, a head, and aeap,'all of which parts are detachable, as shown in Figures 6, 7, 8, 9,and 10. The device is convertible, it being used as a walking-stick orumbrella, as maybe desired. When used as a walkingstick,the hollow caneeneloses the ribs, stretehers, and runner, and then presents theappearance in which it is represented in Figure 1. '.Ihe cane, astransformed into an umbrella., is seen in Figure 13. The

cover of the umbrella is to be carried in the pocket, but all theotherappliances are apart of or enclosed within f the walking-stick.

. S and U are small plates, 'fastened -to the exterior of the, cane.These plates have each a hole to receive a pin on the runner, whichholds the cover in its open or closed position, as presently. explained.

In iig. 6 is shown the upper portion of thecane, with the head, iig. 8,and cap, iig. l0, removed. The cane is the receptacle for the ribs andstretehers, as here clearly shown. The head, iig. 8, is the receptaclefor the runner, which is shown protruding at H. i

i Figure 2 represents the ferrule detached from thecane. A is a nut,within the ferr'ule, adapted to t upon the .screw C, Figure 4, and bescrewed down' upon the ferrule.end of `the cane, to secure the'ribs andcover, as shawn at n n, sg. 13.

'Figure3 represents the central portion of the umbrella-covemwith abrass plate attached, said plate having a central aperture, and beingplacedv upon the screw C previously to the application of the ferrulethereto when 'an-umbrella is tovbe constituted.

Permanently attached to the ferrule-end of the cane is an end-piece orthimble, D, iig. 4, provided with notches, which, hymeans of suitabledepressions or an encircling wire ring, are made to formattaching-points for the ribs, as shown in iig. 9.

Figures 5 and I1 represent the runner detached. L represents a. steelspring,.attached to the runner, and having a small inwardly-projectingpin. M is a brass slide, made movable upon the `spring L by means o fthe knob N, and employed to press the pin on the spring into the holesin the plates S U, so as to thus maintain the open or closed, conditionof the umbrella., The runper has a slit or opening', K, g. 11, which, inconnection witha pin, T, inserted in thecane, as seen in fig. 1, servesto limit the movement of the runner upon the cane or handle, so as toarrest the same, when thev cover is properly expanded, in the act ofraising the umbrella.

In fig.'7, the runner is shown as slip'ped over or upon the.cane,litbeing held in the position seen by the pin on the spring L. This figurealso illustrates the method of hooking the stretcher's E on to the wirering O, which cneircles l the notches in the-runner', as shown in iig.11. As soon as the stretchers are hooi-:ed to the lrunner, the ribs areraised and hooked in-thenotches in the end-piece or thimble D, Eg. 4, asshown in Iig. 9.

vFigurev 12 is a view ef one ofthe gilded tipsattached to theumbrella-cover. P is the end of a rib. Fig. 13 shows the cover securedbythe ferrule, and the rib bcnt'or insertion into thetip Q, which done,the umbrella is rcadyfor use.v

Having thus described my inventionfwliat I claim as new herein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

I. The notches in the permanently-attached thimble D, or the ferrule-endof the cane, wherein to hook or attach'the ends oi' the ribs, as hereindescribed and represented. l

2, The'notehed runner, figs. and 11, provided with the spring L, havinga detaning-pin, the slide M, and the encircling-ring O, and adapted tooecupythe detachable head of the'walking-stick, as herein described andrepresented. t v

WM. F. TURNER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE WuNDEnLIeH, DAVID BEULER.

